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173:angular bone
170:
163:
142:
140:
94:A02.1.06.052
81:
1364:Optic canal
1346:Small wings
1291:Great wings
340:anthropoids
71:Identifiers
1618:Categories
1132:canaliculi
894:Brow ridge
417:References
385:middle ear
1570:Posterior
1552:Labyrinth
1389:Pterygoid
1376:processes
1374:Pterygoid
781:Opisthion
646:Occipital
588:Occipital
324:inner ear
289:ear canal
279:Ear canal
193:ear canal
177:lower jaw
159:ear canal
1575:Anterior
1499:Surfaces
1394:Scaphoid
1319:Spinosum
1304:Rotundum
1299:foramina
1203:Surfaces
1195:Sphenoid
1161:ossicles
975:Temporal
911:internal
884:foramina
877:Glabella
867:external
797:Parietal
658:internal
605:external
465:16 April
433:page 145
344:tarsiers
336:primates
199:Medially
183:Surfaces
1608:Anatomy
1458:Ethmoid
1423:Hamulus
1406:Lateral
1314:Vesalii
1159:(note:
1142:Mastoid
840:Frontal
720:jugular
698:Condyle
578:of the
403:skull (
401:red fox
352:lorises
228:Borders
166:mammals
145:of the
66:Details
1594:Portal
1466:Plates
1411:Medial
1384:fossae
1260:Clivus
1115:fossae
1093:Hiatus
1064:Aditus
776:Basion
755:Clivus
651:Nuchal
641:planes
518:
441:(1918)
350:, and
348:lemurs
320:middle
239:squama
1432:Other
1326:Spine
1309:Ovale
764:Other
610:Inion
580:skull
431:from
129:[
118:52880
77:Latin
44:Left
1439:Body
516:ISBN
497:2009
485:UTEP
467:2018
322:and
314:The
283:The
248:Its
232:Its
212:Its
187:Its
141:The
89:TA98
113:FMA
106:693
101:TA2
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